PODOCARPUS. 349 



No. 44. Podocarpus thevetlefolia, Blame, the Thevetia- 



leaved Podocarpus. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, or sometimes spoon-shaped on the 

 shorter branchlcts, very straight, without foot-stalks, acute or 

 obtuse pointed, tapering to the base, and frequently a little 

 twisted, from one and a half to three inches long, and from 

 a quarter to half an inch broad, leathery, flat, concolor, and 

 shining, with a prominent rib on the under side, a little elevated 

 also on the upper one. Branches straggling, mostly forked, 

 the younger ones angled, and channelled along the surface ; 

 peduncles axillary, filiform, and solitary, from three to four 

 lines long, with a turban-shaped receptacle, obliquely truncated, 

 furrowed on the back, fleshy, and of a dark-green colour, 

 double the size of the seed, which is about half an inch Ion;?, 

 and elliptic. 



A very branching tree, growing from forty to fifty feet high, 

 found amongst the rocks, along the coast of New Guinea, and 

 probably on other islands in the South Pacific. 



It is very tender. 



No. 45. Podocarpus Thunbergii, Hooker, Thunberg's Podo- 

 carpus. 



Syn. Taxus latifolia, Thunberg. 

 Podocarpus latifolia, B. Brown. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, straight, or very slightly falcate, 

 obtuse at the extremities, or with a dry, blunt point at the apex, 

 and regularly attenuating into a very short foot-stalk at the base, 

 one-nerved, the same colour on both sides, and of a leathery 

 texture; from one and a half to two inches and a half lonff, and 

 half an inch broad, sometimes acute or blunt-pointed; peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, one-flowered, from two to three lines long, 

 and about the same length as the receptacle ; receptacle thick, 

 angular, bidented on the top, and containing a single seed. 

 Seeds elliptic, or frequently nearly round, with a little curved 

 point on the top. 



